Africa Regional Services (ARS Paris) is a branch office of AF/PDPA located in Paris that supports AF posts’ public diplomacy activities. It provides materials and resources in French, as well as products and services to all of Africa, Haiti.

Our Consul

Daniel E. Hall arrived in August 2016 to head the American Presence Post in Bordeaux, the oldest permanent U.S. diplomatic representation. Mr. Hall is a Department of State Foreign Service Officer who completed a one-year assignment at the U.S. Consulate in Basrah, Iraq in June 2016. His previous assignments include service at the U.S. Embassies in Warsaw, Poland; Cotonou, Benin; Moscow, Russia; and the Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in Washington D.C. (2009-2011)

Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 2004, Mr. Hall served in Poland as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer and trainer; acted as an advisor at USAID Warsaw; and worked in the private sector (2000-2004). He holds a Master’s Degree in International Business from Thunderbird and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Mr. Hall speaks French, Polish, and Russian. He is married with two children.

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